Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Nastia Liukin cup results

Senior
1. Haleigh Bryant, Cornelius, N.C., 38.700
2. Andrea Li, Aurora, Ill., 38.625
3. Raegan Walker, Temecula, Calif., 38.575
4. Natalie Wojcik, Douglasville, Pa., 38.550
5. Kiya Johnson, Desoto, Texas, 38.425
6. Rachael Lukacs, Hillsborough, N.J., 38.400

Junior
1. Tory Vetter, Columbus, Ohio, 38.175
2. Jacey Vore, Fishers, Ind., 38.000
3. Faith Torrez-Foster, Kenosha, Wis., 37.950
4. Kate Greene, Durham, N.C., 37.925
5. Lali Dekanoidze, Matthews, N.C., 37.875
6. Gabrielle Gladieux, Greensboro, N.C., 37.725

All routines on YouTube.

handspring front on Beam

Jordan Bowers

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

https://www.tumblr.com/swagslikemags/171325217854/whatabeast-future-boomer-sooner

Katelyn Ohashi 10.0 Floor

Her second of the season. This is crowd pleasing choreography.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

analyzing the hurdle

I haven’t found much consensus amongst top coaches. Many different kinds of hurdles result in successful vaults and tumbling lines.

When I was a young coach Boris Verkhovsky first told me that a switch leg hurdle should be slightly more powerful than a chassé. Indeed, most top gymnasts do switch legs during their hurdle.

Click PLAY or watch another discussion on YouTube.

Claudia Fragapane – Achilles

Older, powerful female gymnasts are more at risk. ☹️

Black Gymnasts in History

The Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation has been profiling black gymnasts on their blog.

Corrinne Wright to Simone Biles.

Check it out.

USA verification at LSU

Depending on routine readiness and the individual athlete’s goal, gymnasts were allowed to do modified routines at the verification.

Good idea.

Here are some examples.

Click PLAY or watch Jade Carey’s Floor on YouTube. (Moors on a separate tumbling line.)

Click PLAY or watch Jordan Bowers’s Beam on YouTube. (Rest before dismount.)

(via FloGymnastics)